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Special Charges, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Schedule of special charges by expense type | Special charges for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are described in more detail below and in the applicable sections that follow:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Employee termination costs | $ | 5.7 |  |  | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 1.7 |
Other cash costs, net | — |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |
Non-cash asset write-downs | 0.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.6 |
Total | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 5.3 |
Schedule of special charges | 2018 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC reportable segment | $ | 0.8 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.8 |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
All Other | 4.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.6 |  |  | 5.0 |
Corporate | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.5 |
Total | $ | 5.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |
2016 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC reportable segment | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | 0.5 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.8 |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |
All Other | 1.1 |  |  | — |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | 4.4 |
Corporate | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 1.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3.6 |  |  | $ | 5.3 |
2017 Charges:
| Employee Termination Costs |  | Other Cash Costs, Net |  | Non-Cash Asset Write-downs |  | Total Special Charges
HVAC reportable segment | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Detection and Measurement reportable segment | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.3 |
Engineered Solutions reportable segment | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.4 |
All Other | 1.5 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1.5 |
Corporate | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.1 |
Total | $ | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 0.2 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2.7 |
Schedule of the analysis of the entity's restructuring liabilities | The following is an analysis of our restructuring liabilities for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:
| December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at beginning of year | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 1.6 |
Special charges(1) | 5.7 |  |  | 2.7 |  |  | 1.7 |
Utilization — cash | (3.6 | ) |  | (3.0 | ) |  | (2.1 | )
Currency translation adjustment and other | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.3 | )
Balance at the end of year | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 0.6 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |
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(1) | The years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 excluded $0.6, $0.0 and $3.6, respectively, of non-cash charges that impacted special charges but not the restructuring liabilities.

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